misutter

To utter incorrectly; to garble.

Verb

  1. To utter incorrectly; to garble.
    • And if any mishear or misutter it, even that also serves, since it warns. - 1883, Meeds Tuthill, The Civil Polity of the United States Considered in Its Theory and Practice, page 240:
    • And this Spirit of Fire does not misutter our prayers to those whom we worship. - 1979, Elisabeth Tooker, Native North American Spirituality of the Eastern Woodlands, page 194:
    • It won't be my mouth that burns if I misutter the Words. - 2022, D. T. Kane, The Acktus Trials:

Origin

From mis- + utter.

Forms

misutters misuttering misuttered